Cue-bridge for billiard-tables



(No.Model.)

- T. R. BULLOOK.

Cue Bridge fur Billiard Tables.

No. 239,931. Patented A r 12,1881.-

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS E. BULLOCK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUE-BRIDGE FOR BlLLlARD-TABLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,931, dated April 12, 1881.

Application filed March 2, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS R. BULLOCK, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in One- Bridges for Billliard-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide the handle of a cue-bridge with a stop, so as to prevent the handle or bridge, so called, from sliding through the common hook or holder secured to the under side of the table, to retain the handle of the bridge when not in use by the players making shots. As the buttend portion-of the handle rests in the hook, the opposite end, having secured thereto the notched bridge,rests upon the floorbeneath the billiard-table. Thus, being supported on an incline, the handle is very liable to be pushed inward too far, so as to fall upon the floor, to the discomfort and annoyance of the player and, again, when the bridge is placed flat upon the billiard-table,-or farinward, so the butt-end of the handle is inside of the cushion and rests upon the surface or cloth of the table, it is not readily grasped by the hand, whereas by means of my invention the stop, applied to the handle a short distance from the end, would rest upon the table, and thereby retain the end portion of the handle a sufficient distance above the same to permit it to be quickly and easily grasped by the hand of the player to move the bridge at any time; and my invention consistslin the construction, combination, and arrangement of the said stop with the bridge-handle, as hereinafter more fully described and set forth.

The figure represents a perspective view of a billiard-cue bridge having its handle provided with my invention.

Arepresents the notched bridge, secured to the smaller end of the tapering handle B, of usual construction; and E represents the stop applied to the said handle so as to remain six or eight inches from the butt or outer end, more or less, as desired. This stop E may be made of any suitable material; but I prefer a ring of elastic or common rubber, which may he slid upon the handle, as shown, it yielding sufficiently to fit various sizes of handles and retain itself in position without further means of fastening at any desired point thereon, as may suit the convenience and serve the purposes contemplated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is The combination of the stop-ring E with a billiard-oue-bridge handle, substantially in the manner described and shown, as and for the purposes set forth. Y

' THOMAS R. BULLOCK.

Witnesses:

JOHN B. MARTIN, M. I OSLER. 

